An email from Rep. Stace Nelson:
Recently Tim Rave & Tony Post of the SD Republican Party had Lee. Schoenbeck answer some questions posed of the party during a Feb 21st SDPB show. Even though Mr. Schoenbeck is apparently not even a Vice Chair of a SD GOP county party they invited him to represent the whole SD GOP Party and allowed him to make some pretty despicable comments about me:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOaKP2i1FMg&feature=youtu.be even though Mr. Schoenbeck has NO first hand knowledge of anything that transpired in Pierre this last year.
SDPB refused to allow me any opportunity to provide the truth, and they refused to provide any clarification that Mr. Schoenbeck in fact DOES not represent the SD Republican party.
Taking Mr. Schoenbeck's criticism of my ineffectiveness on behalf of my constituents to heart, I decided to see what his standard was. I did a little research of Mr. Schoenbeck's first years in the Senate and offer this factual comparison:
Mr. Schoenbeck first year in SD Senate 1995 (see attached):
(1) Senate Bill Primed: SB 167 -Tabled in Senate Committee
(1) Senate (only) Resolution Passed by Senate
(1) Senate Commemoration
(In fairness, primary sponsorship is not indicated on any House Bills. Number & any success therein is unknown (see attached))
Stace Nelson first year in the House 2011: http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2011/MemberBills.aspx?Member=179
(10) House Bills Primed:
HB 1082 41st day in House Ag Committee
HB 1083 Passed Committee, Died on full vote of the House 29-40
HB 1084 41st Day in House Judiciary Committee
HB 1085 Passed into Law
HB 1086 41st Day House State Affairs Committee
HB 1162 Passed into Law
HB 1163 Passed Committee, Died on the full vote of the House 27-40
HB 1164 41st Day House Ag Committee
HB 1178 Passed Committee, Died on the full vote of the House 21-48 (Governor enacted in Oct11 by executive order)
HB 1183 41st Day House Judiciary Committee
(1) House Bill entered AFTER cut off time through personally entering it via committee & priming in both House & Senate:
HB 1256 Passed into Law
(2) Senate Bills Primed in House:
SB 54 42st Day Senate Judiciary
SB 139 Passed into Law
(1) House Concurrent Resolution (passed both Senate & House)
(15) House Commemorations
Mr. Schoenbeck second year in SD Senate 1996 (see attached):
(8) Senate Bills Primed:
SB 99 -passed Senate Died in House
SB 100 Passed into Law
SB 129 36st Day in House Committee
SB 166 Passed into Law
SB 167 Tabled in Senate Committee
SB 168 Tabled in Senate Committee
SB 246 Passed into Law
SB 247 Tabled in Senate Committee
(In fairness, primary sponsorship is not indicated on any House Bills. Number & any success therein is unknown (see attached))
Stace Nelson second year in the House 2011: http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2012/MemberBills.aspx?Member=179
(8) House Bills Primed:
HB 1139 41st Day in House Committee
HB 1140 41st Day in House Committee
HB 1141 41st Day in House Committee
HB 1142 41st Day in House Committee
HB 1143 Died on the House floor 27-43
HB 1230 Passed both House & Senate Awaiting signing by Gov.
HB 1238 Tabled in House Committee
HB 1249 41st Day in House Committee
(1) House Concurrent Resolution (passed both Senate & House)
(19) House Commemorations
As most SD political junkies know, a senator's vote carrys double over a representative.
Even with that:
Schoenbeck first term: (9) bills primed (3) bills into law (6) bills out of committee (1) Senate (only) Resolution (1) Commemoration
Nelson's first term: (19) bills primed (5) bills into law* (11) bills out of committee (2) House with Senate Concurrance Resolutions Passed (34) Commemorations (1) Senate bill primed in House passed into law
*Governor expected to sign '12's HB 1230
If I was so ineffective, as claimed by Mr. Schoenbeck, what does that say about his first term? The facts are a pesky little thing. Too bad SDPB was not willing to actually do some investigative reporting on the contrived scandals about me this year, they would have found those facts to be different.
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